‘I don’t want my school to close’: Families from Dalston primary protest against merger plans for second time in a week
Colvestone parents reiterate stance as Hackney’s cabinet agrees to start informal consultation
Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter
Local councillor accuses Hackney Half organisers of ‘participating in greenwashing’ through Wizz Air sponsorship
LimeLight Sports Club defends partnership with ‘Europe’s most sustainable airline’ in response to criticism from Green councillor Alastair Binnie-Lubbock
Parents from Hackney school claim drop in pupils is ‘temporary blip’ – as they urge council to scrap potential merger
Colvestone is one of six primary schools facing drastic changes next year as a result of falling rolls
Hackney to host series of Windrush advice clinics to help people navigate government’s ‘unsatisfactory’ compensation scheme
Surgeries are taking place in June, July and August to support residents through the application process
‘Absolute disgrace’: Unions join together for protest against job cuts in Hackney’s libraries
Campaigners hit out at council for issuing compulsory redundancies as part of its restructure of the service
‘We need more Hackneys’: Borough sees biggest drop in motor vehicle use of anywhere in London, according to new report
Research by London Cycling Campaign reveals a 37 per cent decrease between 2010 and 2020
‘Very real risk’: Health chiefs urge parents to get their children vaccinated against polio to prevent it spreading across London
The virus was found in 30 sewage samples in north-east London last year
Hackney Council’s finance supremo to depart after 14 years in the role
Ian Williams, currently acting chief executive, helped steer the borough through the pandemic
Whooping cough on the rise in Hackney – with parents urged to get their children vaccinated
The bacterial infection can require hospitalisation in acute cases
King’s coronation: Hackney to play host to 18 Big Lunch events and eight street parties
The council has handed out more than 30 community grants in total
Whittington Hospital urges health watchdog to reconsider ‘requires improvement’ rating for its maternity service
The maternity unit was rated ‘good’ in four out of five areas, so bosses have asked for clarification
Food poverty causing ‘growing divide between haves and have-nots’ in Hackney, warns charity boss
Nicolette Nixon, who runs H.O.P.E. at Morningside, says staff are having to ‘make judgment calls’ over who receives support
Child Q: Laws allowing child strip-searches need ‘radical rethink’, says safeguarding expert
Jim Gamble tells councillors examining the response to the scandal that there is ‘no justification’ for the tactic
Hackney Council’s chief executive given extended leave to deal with ‘family matters’
‘Council business continues as usual,’ says Town Hall spokesman
‘Farce’: Motorcyclists and opposition councillors blast decision to press ahead with new parking charges
Town Hall scrutiny panel backs cabinet’s approval of scheme after it was called into question
‘The government is failing’: Hackney’s Green councillors join four-day climate action in Westminster
Cllrs Alastair Binnie-Lubbock and Zoë Garbett took part in demonstration outside the Department for Transport